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  • Kirtland Spouses Club awards scholarships

    The Kirtland Spouses Club awarded nine scholarships in their annual scholarship banquet April 17, 2019 at the Mountain View Club here. The scholarships, totaling more than $12,000, were given to seven high school seniors and two dependent spouses. The Spouses Club, a philanthropic non-profit

  • Kirtland Talks: SFS/CC Chamberlin defines the “why”

    Every quarter a member of Team Kirtland gives a short, inspirational talk on various topics related to resiliency, called “Kirtland Talks”. This quarter, Maj. Shawn Chamberlin, 377th Security Forces Squadron commander, spoke on how he discovered his “why” and how Team Kirtland can discover theirs.

  • Winter Weather causes base delays and closures

    A view of the intersection of Gibson and Texas covered in snow after a winter blizzard hit Dec. 27, 2018. A blizzard blanketed the Albuquerque area and prompted closure of Kirtland Air Force Base to non-mission essential personnel on Dec. 27, and 28, 2018.

  • Kirtland Fire Dept. trains, graduates new firefighters

    The Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department swore-in six new firefighters in a ceremony here Dec. 14. The group of cadets completed training at Kirtland, in a Fire and Emergency Services Training Academy program developed by the KAFBFD.

  • Kirtland Intern Meet-up

    Interns from Team Kirtland units, including the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, and the 377 Air Base Wing do a team-building exercise dubbed "the human knot" June 15 here. (Air Force photo by Jim Fisher)